Safety key-ring hook



R. BUTLER.

SAFETY KEY RING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED APR-27, I920.

Patented J an. 4, 1921.,

' UNITED STATES-- RAY BUTLER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY KEY-RING HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4:, 1921.

Application filed April 27, 1920. Serial No. 377,037.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY BUTLER, a c tizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Key-Ring Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

his invention relates to safety key ring holders or hooks and the object in view is to produce an improved hook the construction of which will enable a key ring to be dexterously and quickly removed therefrom by a simple twisting operation, the device embodying a safety spring tongue or guard which prevents the key ring from becoming detached from the hook in ordinary usage.

The device as a whole embodies in conjunction with the key ring a garment hook forming a part of the key ring hook and spring tongue or guard, together with means whereby a positive grip is obtained on the garment to prevent the device from being forcibly dragged therefrom.

To the above ends my invention consists in the novel construction herein described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section of the device, applied.

ig. 2 is a similar view, detached.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device.

ig. 4 is an elevation of the device showin the manner of detaching the key ring.

ta 5 is a plan View of the blank.

he improved device is composed of a one piece strip of spring material such as steel and is preferably nickel plated, although it may be finished in any manner. The strip is b I to comprise a body or medial portion 1, a normally upturned key rin hook 2, a spring tongue or guard 3, and a d ownturned garment hook 4.

and 4 are arranged on 0pposite sides of the medial portion 1 and the ends thereof are bent outwardly as shown at 5 to facilitate the several operations of applying and removing the key ring 6 and attaching and detaching the garment hook in relation to the garment.

The spring guard tongue 3 is punched from the medial portion 1, as shown, and its free normally lower end' bears against the inner face of the end of the hook 2 to prevent the escape of the key ring in ordinary usage. Forming the tongue 3 in such manner leaves an opening 7 of elongated or slot formation adapted to be entered by a garment gripping tang 8 punched inwardly from the hook 4 and upwardly inclined. Such tang 8 presses a small portion of the garment such as a part of the waistband of trousers into the opening 7 thereby obtaining a positive grip on the garment and preventing the device from being forcibly dragged therefrom.

1e key ring 6 is of such the distance between of the end of the hook 2 and the end of the guard hook 3, that by giving the key ring a half turn or twist either to the right or to the left, the said bottom or bend of the hook 2 forms a fulcrum or rest for the ring The key ring 6 is attached to the device in the usual way, by pressing said ring over of the hook 2 and pulling the the end of the guard tongue. As t e ring passes between said tongue and hook, the tongue is pressed hard against the part of the garment forced into and through the opening 7 by .gue tightly against the ad acent face of the hook.

I claim portion having a punched upwardly dire-cted tang adapted to press the garment goods into the opening in the medial portion left by punching said spring tongue.

2. A safety key ring device embodying a downwardly extending garment hook, an upwardly extending key ring hook, a medial portion connecting said hooks, aspring 5 tongue extending from said medial portion and having a free lower end which bears against the inner face of the end of the key ring hook, and a key ring the diameter of which adapts it to fulcrum against the bend of the key ringhook while said ring 10 is forced outwardly from between the last named hook and said spring tongue.

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature.

RAY BUT ER. 

